Sentence examples for but they were devastated from inspiring English sources
The marshlands once stretched across some 20,000 square kilometres (7,700 square miles), but they were devastated after Saddam ordered them drained in the 1990s to stop them being used as hideouts by Shia guerrillas opposed to his regime.
The families we are helping are not only fighting the fight of their lives but they were devastated by the storm.
Again, the disclosures are scattered, but they are devastating.
The current crop of quarterbacks passes very effectively, so these players could certainly be successful in the pocket, but they are devastating weapons because they are also blazing fast, and that causes defenses to hesitate.
"I don't want to say they were devastated, but they felt it in their pockets.
Having to face the head of English and her team was hard enough – they were devastated – but facing the 19 pupils who failed to get the C grade they needed to go onto their next pathway was heartbreaking.
Last year, when the Patriots lost to the Colts in the final moments of the American Football Conference championship game, they were devastated, but the loss spurred them to an off-season personnel blitzkrieg and a perfect regular season.
The club said they were "devastated" but overwhelmed by support, after she underwent tests in hospital on Friday.
The "August: Osage County" star's family issued a statement soon after Motes' death saying that they were "devastated," but Roberts laid low during the surrounding frenzy.
